Ready, Set, Go — School Ready

School Ready makes sure that parents meet the needs of their child.

This might mean that a child is provided with basic needs like food, shelter, clothing and education; and that the child is free from negligent or deliberate harm.

School Ready also relates to required levels of literacy and numeracy skills, and emotional maturity, prior to starting school or transitioning from pre to primary school and from primary to secondary school.

Being School Ready is defined as being ready to learn each school day. This means the student has had breakfast, been provided a lunch solution, has clean, suitable clothing in line with school expectations, has suitable hygiene (e.g. clean, medical conditions treated), has had a good night's sleep and is provided with all necessary equipment for the day's learning.

Objectives

• Parents understand and meet their obligations to ensure their children are school ready and attending school every day and on time
• Expectation of "100% school readiness" being the community social norm
• Families have access to quality and affordable healthy food items
• Manage money so that basic material needs (food, clothing, shelter etc) are provided for
• It is a "social norm" that parents can afford to and will contribute to meet their child's education needs and will be given the responsibility to do so

This initiative is designed, developed and delivered by Cape York Partnerships.